Banks, Kansas

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Banks, Kansas
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Coordinates: 39°19′15″N98°58′23″W / 39.32083°N 98.97306°W / 39.32083; -98.97306
Country United States
State Kansas
County Osborne
Elevation
1,900 ft (600 m)
Population
  Total0
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 785
GNIS ID 481824 [1]

Banks is a ghost town in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Banks was never a ghost town by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a rural post office in a farmhouse - nothing more. The Banks post office was organized in 1880. The post office was discontinued in 1888. There is nothing left of Banks. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Banks, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2017-12-30.

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